tonight a look at the world of private equity with steve schwarzman the cofounder and ceo of the blackstone group. >> what we're doing at blackstone is we're committed to hire 50,000 veterans over the next five years. i feel really -- >> rose: 50,000. >> 50,000. we have quite a large operation in terms of one of our seven business lines which happens to be private equity. we own about 80 companies with $120 billion of revenue and 730,000 employees. so our ability to hire 50,000 shouldn't be really hard for us. >> rose: also actor alan cumming who currently stars in the scottish play at the barrymore theatre. >> what i go back to is that moment you're going to do something bad or elicit. the moment that you look at someone else in the eye and say let's do it. even in they are stealing a mastery, let's do it. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: steve schwarzman here, he's the ceo of the blackstone group. he cofounded back stone in 1995 with peat peterson many it is now the world's largest investment firm with over dolla